Basic research, laboratory models

Preclinical – basic research of homeopathy (eg. physico-chemical models) cannot be in a true sense called homeopathy, because two of the three main pillars of homeopathy are not used here. Specifically, it is the similarity principle (like cures like) and the principle of symptoms totality. Similarly, so-called provings (potentized drug testing in healthy subjects) are not used in pre-clinical research. Therefore, the results of these studies are useful only in limited ways in daily clinical practice in humans. The main studied phenomenon in these experiments is a third pillar of homeopathy – principle of potentization (dynamization) of substances and its effects on living and non-living systems.